The Northwest Urbanist blog offers an argument to bury I-5 in Seattle.

National

Pittsburgh recently unveiled the city’s first “road shift,” shutting down a length of street for car traffic and converting its usage into a bike and pedestrian only thoroughfare.

Two federal bills were introduced in the U.S. Congress, which have the potential to improve active transportation infrastructure. House bill (H.R. 3978) would establish a pilot program to demonstrate the effectiveness of loans that leverage the private value of public investments in walking and biking projects. Safe Streets Act of 2014 (S. 2004) would require routine accommodation of all users when using federal dollars to complete road improvements.

Read New York City’s Vision Zero Action Plan, which represents Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pact to prevent deaths and injuries from serious crashes on city streets.